Mattress.



P. SGHILLING.

MATTRESS.

APPLIOATION FILED DB0. a, 1910.

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PAUL SCHILLING, OF IVIILWAITKEE, WISCONSIN, .ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO THEODORE D. SCHILLING, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

MATTRESS.

To (IZZ 'whom-it may concern Be it known that I, PAUL SCHILLING, a citizen of the United States, residing in Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mattresses, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

'Ihis invention relates to improvements in mattresses and more particularly to the manner of tacking or fastening the filling within the covering to said covering to hold it in position and also to preserve the box edge effect of the mattress.

In fastening the filling to the covering of ordinary mattresses it is the custom to sew through the side edges of the 4cover and the filling and pass the needle through the upper and lower portions of the cover at an angle and return `the needle through the same upper and lower cover needle openings at different angles in order to have the loop of the thread or cord engage the material within the cover and tack it to the side edges thereof. This Asewing is usually done with the ordinary mattress needles which are triangular in cross section at both ends. In sewing, the needle cuts or breaks through the cover fabric with the result that a great number of holes is formed in the fabric which not only mars the appearance of the article but provides entrance for vermin and germs and. is not conducive to sanitary conditions.

It is one of the objects of this invention to provide a mattress in which the before mentioned objectionable features are overcome by so lpositionin; and arranging the sewing openings that they will be-covered and concealed from view. by other necessary parts forming the mattress and also in part by other stitch lines.

With the above, and other objects in view, the invention consists lof the improved mattress and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indicate the saine parts in all of the views: Figure 1 is a fragmentary top view of the improved mattress partly sewed and showing the man ner of sewing, a part of the mattress being broken away to show the interior construc- Specification of Letters Patent.

the thread will Patented Apr. 1st, 1914i.

Application filed December 3, 1910. Serial No. 595,381.

tion; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof also showing the manner of sewing, a portion of the mattress being broken away to show interior construction; Fig. 3 is a vert-icalsectional view thereof taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of the completed mattress, a port-ion broken away to show interior looping engagement of thread with the filling material; Fig. 5 is an edge view thereof 5 Fig. 6 is a vertical fragmentary sectional'vlew of the completed mattress; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary top view of amodified form partly finished; F ig. 8 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 7; and Fig. 9 is a similar view taken on line 9-9 of Fig. 7 when finished.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 10 l indicates the cover, 11 the cotton felt or other filling material, 12 the tufting strings and 18 the tufts engaged thereby. In forming the improved mattress the cover .is sewed and filled in the ordinary manner and the tufting' strings 12 are passed back and forth through the cover and the filling forming loops, the ends of which are loosely tied with slip knots lll. The side edges of the cover are now sewed to the filling by a line of stitching 15. In sewing the needle andthe thread 16 are passed back and forth and diagonally upwardly through the side edges of the cover and through the filling material and also through the upper portion of the cover. The needle and thread in passin thro-ugh the upper portion of the cover wi l form the apertures 17 and in the return stitches downwardly toward the side edge of the cover, the needle is returned through these same apertures so that the loops 18 of pass through the same apertures and engage the filling material and bind said material to the side edge. Another line of stitches 19 also extending diagonally through the side edges and the upper portion of the mattress serves as. an additional means for securing the raver to the filling. These lines ofstitches extend through the side edges of the mattress a slight distance above and below the lines of stitching 15 and pass through the upper and lower portions ofthe cover at; points in alinement with the apertures 17 so that the loops 20 of the thread or cord will cover the apertures 17 formed in sewing` the lines of stitches 15. The tufts 13 are now placed in the loops of the tufting strings and the slip knots 14 are forced down to tighten the strings and compress the mattress at these points. When suiciently tightened the strings are again knotted to securely fasten them in position thus completing the work and forming a mattress in which all of the sewing apertures are covered by the loops of the thread or cord.

In the modified form of mattress shown in Figs. 7 8 and 9 the lines of stitching 21 from the side edges of the mattress are eX- tended to and pass through the upper and lower portions of the cover at points close to the tufting strin s 12 forming apertures 22 through which t e loops 23 are formed and return to engage the filling material 11. These apertures are covered'by the tufts when engaged by the tufting strings and the tufting strings are 'tightened in the same manner as before described.

Frein the foregoing description it will be seen that a mattress is provided in which the apertures formed in the coverin binding the filling and covering together are entirely covered from view and any foreign matter is prevented from entering therethrough.

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

1. A mattress consisting of a. cover provided with ya filling material which'has been sewed to the cover by a line of stitching which extends through the side edges of the cover and through and looped around the filling material and entirely within the cover, said filling material engaging loops last mentioned having been formed outside of the cover by passing the needle and thread back and forth through apertures formed in the cover, and said cover being further-stitched to the filling material by another line of stitching which extends through one of the side edges and another ortion of the cover and also through the fi ling material, said stitch line having loops which extend over and cover the cover apertures.

2. A mattress consisting of a cover provided with a filling material and having lines of stitching to connect the cover .and

the filling material together, said stitch lines being formed by sewing through the side edges and the top and bottom portions of the-cover and through the iilling material and. returning the loops of the thread through the needle apertures of the upper and lower portions of the cover to have the said loops engage the filling material and to be positioned entirely Within the cover, and said mattress provided with other lines of stitching which extend through the filling material and through the side edges and the top and bottom portions of the cover and loop over and cover the apertures of the said top and bottom portions. t l In testimony whereof, affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL SCHILLING. Witnesses:

C. H. KEENEY, LAURA A. KELIEY. 

